Phrasal Verbs do not look difficult, but they cause major problems for learners of English. The book contains passages specially written for foreign learners of English to show the use of phrasal verbs in context. It explains the meanings of about 600 phrasal verbs, and help learners to use them with greater confidence.

1 A Missing Passport
2 A Street Accident
3 The Missing Directions
4 Childminding
5 A Change of Subject
6 Waiting for a job
7 Sunbathing Interrupted
8 Choosing a Present
9 Burglary
10 Dieting
etc.

Betty Kirkpatrick has had a long and distinguished career as editor, publisher and writer of English reference books. She was the editor of Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary (1983), the editor of Roget’s Thesaurus (1987 and 1988) and compiler of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus (1994). Her Dictionary of Cliches (1996) published by Bloomsbury is also available in a US edition and a Japanese edition. A language consultant to the Encarta Dictionary (1999), published by Bloomsbury, and a consultant to Collins school dictionaries (2000), she writes a weekly language column for the Herald newspaper, based in Glasgow.e.